Bricked Blast Furnace

Bricked Blast Furnace
Mod	Gregtech 5
Type	Tile Entity
Tooltip Text	Controller block for the Bricked Blast Furnace Useable for Steel and general PyrometallurgyHas a useful interface, unlike other gregtech multis
Relevant Quest	Time To Get Some Steel
Tier	Steam
Size	3x3x4 (hollow)
Pollution	200/s

The Bricked Blast Furnace is a multiblock the main purpose of which is getting first steel in the Steam Age. With the bronze plated blast furnace deprecated, the Bricked Blast furnace is your go-to method to create steel until you make an Electric Blast Furnace. It's recipes are listed under the NEI "Primitive Blast Furnace" tab. This is the first machine where pollution may become an issue for some players, as you are likely to build up to 4 (or even more!) blast furnaces due to their slow processing speed; resulting in a gradual build up of pollution if left running constantly for long periods of time. Don't let the pollution discourage you, however, you will be able to make many stacks of steel before the pollution is noticeable.

Construction

The Bricked Blast Furnace is constructed by laying a 3x3 foundation of the Firebricks followed by hollow ring above it with the Bricked Blast Furnace (Controller) on front center and another two hollow rings above it.

Attention! Top center block of the Bricked Blast Furnace must be empty.

Step 1. Foundation	Step 2. Ring with the Bricked Blast Furnace (Controller)
Step 3. Ring of the Firebricks	Step 4. Last layer

By sharing the walls the Bricked Blast Furnace can be constructed in different versions: 1x1, 1x2,..., 1xM, 2x2, 2x3,..., 2xM.

M - natural number.

The formula for defining quantity of the Firebricks for 1xM versions:

Failed to parse (unknown function "\begin{cases}"): {\displaystyle N = \begin{cases} 32, & \text{if }\text{ M = 1} \\ 32+20(M-1), & \text{if }\text{ M > 1} \end{cases}}

N - quantity of the Firebricks

M - quantity of the Bricked Blast Furnaces (Controllers)

The formula for defining quantity of the Firebricks for 2xM versions:

Failed to parse (unknown function "\begin{cases}"): {\displaystyle N = \begin{cases} 84, & \text{if }\text{ 2M = 4} \\ 84+32(M-2), & \text{if }\text{ 2M > 4} \end{cases}}

N - quantity of the Firebricks

2M - quantity of the Bricked Blast Furnaces (Controllers)

For example:

The 1x1 version requires:

• 32 Firebricks

• 1 Bricked Blast Furnace

1x1 version of the Bricked Blast Furnace

The 1x2 version requires:

• 52 Firebricks

• 2 Bricked Blast Furnace

1x2 version of the Bricked Blast Furnace

The 2x2 version requires:

• 84 Firebricks

• 4 Bricked Blast Furnace

2x2 version of the Bricked Blast Furnace

The 2x3 version requires:

• 116 Firebricks

• 6 Bricked Blast Furnace

2x3 version of the Bricked Blast Furnace

Usage

There are 331 recipes in the NEI (ver. 2.5.1) for the Bricked Blast Furnace.

The Bricked Blast Furnace is the only way to obtain first steel in the tier 0.5 - Steam.

Only the following fuels may be used in the Bricked Blast Furnace:

• Coal Coke
• Coal
• Charcoal
• Charcoal Dust
• Coal Dust
• Coal Powder
• Cactus Coke
• Sugar Coke
• Block of Coal Coke
• Block of Charcoal
• Block of Coal
• Colored Block of Coal

Every recipe produces following by-products:

• Tiny Pile of Ashes
• Tiny Pile of Dark Ashes
• Ashes
• Dark Ashes

To create steel, simply add fuel and iron, then wait for quite a while.

The Bricked Blast Furnace can also be used to obtain extra output from metal oxides and sulfates (Pyrite, Magnetite, Cassiterite, etc.). Doing this returns 3 ingots for every 2 dust, however the processing time may reduce the practicality of doing this.

Interface of the Bricked Blast Furnace Creating Steel Ingots

Interface Breakdown

1. Input slot #1
2. Input slot #2
3. Fuel slot - see full list of useable fuels above
4. Progress bar - can also be clicked to see all recipes available for the Bricked Blast Furnace
5. Output slot #1
6. Output slot #2
7. Output slot for ashes - a by-product created by all recipes

Pollution

The Bricked Blast Furnace is running

Amount of the pollution that emitted by the Bricked Blast Furnace may be defined by the following formula:

$P=200\cdot M$

P - amount of the pollution per second

M - quantity of the working Bricked Blast Furnaces (Controllers)

Trivia

• There is lava inside the working Bricked Blast Furnace but it can't be pumped out.
• You can save 8 Firebricks by sharing the walls of the 2xM version instead of 1xM one.
• Although in the interface, input slot #1 has an ingot icon and input slot #2 features a dust icon, either slot can be used for either state of material and in some recipes blocks, such as sand, are used.